Introducing The MB&F Horological Machine No. 9 'Flow'

The Horological Machines from MB&F, of which this is the ninth, are about the furthest things from conventional watches and watchmaking that you can imagine In the years since the first Machine came out the Horological Machines have come in a bewildering variety of shapes and inspirations, from the bulbous convexity of the HM3 "Frog" to the flying saucer-shaped HM7 "Aquapod," to the most recent, automotive-inspired HM8 "Can Am." Each of the Machines is essentially an act of horological deconstruction and recreation - the elements of a traditional wristwatch are re-engineered in order to produce a new kind of time-telling device that also doubles as wrist-wearable art MB&F produces high horological art, but the Machines are also deliberately playful, and intended to evoke a certain kind of nostalgic reverence for a child's imagination.

The newest Horological Machine, the 'Flow,' celebrates the visual poetry of streamlined cars and aircraft of the 1940s and 1950s, in the days before, as MB&F says, " a time well before wind tunnels and CAD software imposed their hard logic and restrained creativity. . Source